AIC, Inc. v. Troutman Sanders, L.L.P.

By Judge Melvin R. Hughes, Jr.

In this legal malpractice case, the question of sufficiency of plaintiff’s complaint as it relates to damages and a cause of action is raised again on the occasion of defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s amended complaint. This demurrer comes after plaintiff, with leave, filed an amended complaint after a first demurrer was sustained. The court reasoned that the damages alleged then exceeded those that could be claimed by a business for business loss, ruling under Saks Fifth Ave. v. James, 272 Va. 177, 630 S.E.2d 304 (2006), that damages claimed by a business are…